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Patent GB-190425093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fencing.
Inventor: LLOYD CHARLES RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 25,093. Lloyd, C. R. Nov. 18. Fencing.-Wire is barbed by attaching blanks, shown in Fig. 5, by bending them into a saddle, turning the points a<1> out at right-angles, and clinching the whole on the wire. The barbs may be formed by passing wires into notches a<2> in the blank and bending them as indicated in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190427394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: BELLENS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-12-15
Abstract: 27,394. Bellens, C. Jan. 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water-tube boilers.-A generator specially adapted for use on ships cons ts of groups b, c of water tubes connected to aT-shaped reservoir a, d, or a vertical reservoir a. The groups c open into compartments formed in the chamber a at the lower ends of the tubes e, which are continued up to the level of the water in the steam chamber d. The space between the two parts of the group b forms a combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190428019-A (GB)
Title: Process for Agglomerating Pulverulent Iron Ores.
Inventor: SCHUMACHER WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1906-01-20
Abstract: 28,019. Schumacher, W. Dec. 21. Blast-furnace charges.-Silicic acid and lime, Portland cement, blast-furnace slag, or other form of calcium silicate are used for agglomerating pulverized iron ores, blast-furnace dust, pyrites, or other residue, for use in smelting-furnaces. Finely-ground quartz is mixed with lime, and the mixture, together with water, is used as the binding- agent for the ores. The briquettes formed are then hardened by the action of compressed steam. The binding-agent may be reduced to a colloidal state by treating the mixture of quartz and lime with steam in a lime-slaking drum. When Portland cement, blast-furnace slag, and other impure forms of calcium silicate are used, lime or silicic acid or both are preferably added to the material before admixture with the ore.
Patent GB-190504337-A (GB)
Title: Improved Valve Seating for Water Taps and Cranes
Inventor: MCGEOCH ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 4337. McGeoch, R. March 2. Seats. - Relates to a seat for screwdown valves in water taps, valves, or cranes, shown applied to an ordinary water tap. The valve face is formed by a leather or fibre washer d. A circular groove c of dovetail crosssection is formed in the metal seat, and a ring b made of rubber or its equivalent is inserted in the groove. The resiliency of the rubber compensates for any inequalities in the surface of the washer. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 8986, A.D. 1884, and No. 13,418, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190505119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Thimbles.
Inventor: HORNER JAMES DOBSON
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 5119. Horner, J. D., and Horner, C. H. March 11. Making thimbles.-Thimbles with linings and coverings of gold, silver, &c. as described in Specification No. 8954, A.D. 1884, [Abridgment Class Sewing &c.], are made from gold or silver faced steel plates instead of in sections, the composite plates not having the injurious effect on the drawing-dies which the steel sections have. The rims are bevelled and the projecting linings or coverings are turned over the steel, which is finally hardened.
Patent GB-190506404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Steering Wheels of Motor Driven Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ALLEY STEPHEN EVANS
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 6404. Alley, S. E., and Simpson, D. H. March 27. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to swivelling axles and resilient operating-connexions for the steering- wheels of motor road vehicles, the vertical pivot being placed in or towards the central plane of the wheel. The wheel is constructed with dished spokes as shown in Fig. 2, and is secured to a short axle 2 which revolves in a bushed sleeve 3 pivoted in the end of the fixed axle 9. The hollow pivot 5, formed on the upper part of the sleeve 3, works in a bush 12, and a bolt 14, screwed into the pivot 5, passes through a cap 13, screwed into the end of the fixed axle, and is provided with a nut 15, holding the combined steering pivot and sleeve in position. A ball bearing may be placed between the internal shoulder of the hollow pivot 5 and the cap 13 to take the weight on the axle. The steering-wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle are coupled by means of a connecting-rod 8 and levers 7 secured to the sleeves 3. An arm 17 bolted to one of the sleeves is operated from the steering- mechanism by the connecting-rod 19, springs being employed to minimize shocks.
Patent GB-190510239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Drains or like Conduits for Arresting the Passage of Solid Matters in Suspension.
Inventor: BUCKLEY WILLIAM THURLOW
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1906-05-16
Abstract: 10,239. Buckley, W. T. May 16. Gully traps.-A chamber a having a conical or flat bottom b is formed with an outlet c in the centre or in one corner as shown. Waste water is delivered by the conical extension e<2> of the cover into a silt box l which rests on an upstanding wall. The walls of the silt box, the wall, and the outlet c are perforated or louvered as shown. The trap is formed by a depending flange i<1>, which in the case of a central outlet may surround the latter. Instead of louvers in the silt box, trapped apertures m, n, Figs. 5 and 6, may be employed.
Patent GB-190510863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: MILLET JOSIAH BYRAM
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 10,863. Millet, J. B. March 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Golf.-Putters are provided with folding sights which 6an' readily be attached to the backs of blades by unskilled persons. The sigbt h, Figs. 3 and 4, is formed, preferably, of metal, in the shape of an elongated open box, within which is arranged a spring D, Fig. 5, to which the sight is pivoted, and which serves to secure the sight to the back of the blade by means of screws g passing through the spring D. The sight h is provided with a bevelled end i, which enables it to be moved to its operative position, shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the spring D is so arranged as to hold the sight firmly in its operative and inoperative positions.
Patent GB-190514209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Electrical Energy to a Network by the Aid of an Auxiliary Current Generator and an Auxiliary Line Wire.
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 14,209. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens- Schuckertwerke]. July 10. Electric railways and tramways. -Relates to systems of distribution in which a distant point is supplied with a current at a higher potential through an auxiliary feeder from an auxiliary machine. The main current is divided, and one part passed through the field, and the other part through the armature, of the auxiliary machine. A switch may also be provided to introduce a resistance when there is a back-flow of current from the distant point to a nearer load. The Figure shows the arrangement as applied to an electric railway. The current from the main generator a passes through the field b of the auxiliary machine to the line g at the point c, and through the arma. ture d to the distant point f through the feeder e. In the feeder is arranged the switch i controlling a resistance m. The contact q is connected to the cores o, p. On the core o are coils in series with the feeder e. On the core p is a coil l connected between the feeder e and the distant section of the line g, and a coil n connected to the nearer section. With the load as shown, the coils l, n assist one another, and the resistance m is short-circuited. When the car is moved to the left, the coils are in opposition, and the resistance is introduced, the core o being drawn within its coils. The coil s may be connected to earth or to the line. The switch i may be arranged to vary gradually the resistance proportionally to the current flow, and also to cut off the feeder e entirely.
Patent GB-190514467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrotype Plates
Inventor: NELSON IAN THEODORE
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 14,467. Nelson, I. T., and Murray, J. July 13. Electrotype.-Relates to apparatus for backing up electrotype printing-plates with lead in such a way that the shell does not suffer any distortion. The thin shell is attached to the face of a frame m, Fig. 5, and the latter is located with its hole o over a nozzle n, Fig. 1. The walls g, h, movable towards or from one another by means of right and left handed screws i, j, are advanced to clamp the frame. The screws i, j are operated by skewgearing l from a cross-shaft k. A bath b of molten lead, heated by burners c, is formed with a cylinder d in which works a piston e provided with holes r. A channel f leads from beneath the piston to the nozzle n, and when the holes r in the piston arrive in line with or above the holes q, the lead finds its way into the channel f and is pumped up into the frame m behind the shell. According to the Provisional Specification, the walls g, h may have cooling-jackets applied to them.
Patent GB-190515922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Igniting and Extinguishing Gas Lamps.
Inventor: BROEL FERDINAND
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 15,922. Broel, F. Aug 3. Actuating lift valves.-Relates to improvements o n the invention for lighting a n d extinguishing gas described in Specification No. 29,096, A.D. 1904. The valves are operated by the downward motion of the bell float. When the pressure increases, the bell 1 rises and a pivoted lever 12 catches a pin on a disk 13 ; after the temporary increase of pressure, the bell falls back, driving the disk 13 round until the engaged pin abuts against a projection 18 in an arm 17. The rotation of disks 20, 21 mounted on the same shaft as the disk 13 actuates levers 24,25, and levers mounted on the same shafts as the levers 24, 25 actuate gas valves 30, 31. The valve chamber is made gas-tight, where the spindles 24, 25 pass through, by means of resilient disks 37 pressed between collars on the spindles and secured by plates 38, as in Fig. 12 ; or by simply pressing collars 59 against plates 38 by means of a spring 61 as in Fig. 19.
Patent GB-190516266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Cleaning Tobacco Pipes and the like.
Filed: 1905-08-10
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 16,266. Marr, A. Aug. 10. Tobacco-pipe cleaners.- An apparatus for cleaning tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders by means of a current of air or liquid, or a mixture thereof with powder, may be arranged as a coinfreed apparatus and may be fitted in shops, hotels, and other public places. The coin M having been placed in the slot, the pressure of the tobacco pipe on the washer of the cleaner causes the head G<1> of the valve spindle to tilt the coin and rigidly bold it in the position shown, the counterbalanced door o being caused to open. On further pressure being applied by means of the tobacco pipe, the valve is opened and the tobacco pipe cleaned. The coin falls into the receptacle below on the pressure being relieved.
Patent GB-190519893-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Safety Mechanism for the Strikers or Firing Bolts of Small Arms.
Inventor: TAMBOUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 19,893. Tambour, J. Oct. 2. Breech actions, sliding breech-blocks; safety appliances generally applicable.-A safety device for locking triggers and strikers, shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a Mannlicher rifle, consists of a hooked vertically-moving locking-bolt e engaging a beak f on the striker and released by a pressing-lever b mounted on the grip of the stock and carrying a projection g for locking the trigger until the lever is pressed in. Figs. 3 and 4 show the safety device applied to a breech-bolt locked by rotation. As in the former case, the locking-bolt is engaged with the beak f by slightly cocking the striker. In order to prevent the bolt handle from being turned far enough to cock instead of lock the striker, a spring pin i, Fig. 4, is mounted in the handle so that its inner end k engages a projection n of the shoe when the bolt is turned to lock the striker and thus prevents further motion. The pin i is put out of action in readiness for completely rotating the bolt by pressing in the outer end j. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the sear-lever p carrying the sear o is locked by means of a part q mounted on an arm of the elbow lever s, which is connected to the pressing-lever b and the locking- bolt e. In order to prevent the locking-bolt e from being engaged by the guide-studs of the breechbolt during closing, there is provided a pivoted lever w connected to the locking-bolt e and having a beak x engaged by a guide-rib of the advancing breech-bolt so as to be depressed and thus lower the locking-bolt e.
Patent GB-190520171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Folding of Paper Bags.
Inventor: HUGO THEODOR
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-10-05
Abstract: 20,171. Hugo, T. Oct. 5. Paper bags for powdered or other fine material are made by means of the apparatus shown. While the paper is being inserted in the form and the front and back folds are being formed by the folders b, c, Fig. 3, which may be adjustable, each bottom folder d is removed from under the usual plunger, so that the paper is not initially creased at the ends. In the doubleacting machine shown in Fig. 1, immediately the back and front folds have been completed, blades e carried by arms f swing down and strike creases or bends. The folders d are then advanced till the recesses d<1> engage the under plunger, the creasers gwing back, and the ends are folded. The blades e may be replaced by the auxiliary folders g, which ascend after making the required crease. Hooks d<2>, Fig. 4, prevent the paper from rising out of position..
Patent GB-190521979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Kitchen Ranges.
Inventor: COCKBURN MALCOLM
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 21,979. Cockburn, M., and Murphy, A. Oct. 28. Combined close stoves and open fire - places.- Relates to hoods for convertible open and close kitchen ranges of the kind having two vertically hinged wings and an horizontally hinged flap. These wings and flap are operated by a single handle or handle-lever. The spindle M of the operating - handle is shown provided with a twoarmed lever L, loosely connected by links H to cranks G at the upper ends of the wings A, B. These wings overlap as shown in Fig. 4, and are 'shaped so as to present a plane front ; they engage pivot blocks D and hook - shaped lugs F. The flap P is hinged as shown at the top edge of the opening in the coving plate E.
Patent GB-190522293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gears for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: BLAIR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 22,293. Blair, W. Nov. 1. Variable-speed gearing. -In a three-speed gear for cycles and the like, compound planet-pinions 3, 3A gear with s u npinions 1, 2, and the changes of gear are effected by the joint movement of a sliding sleeve 5 and the pinion 1, permanently-operative one-way clutches being provided at 5<A> and 5<B> and a disconnectible one-way clutch at 4<A>. Thus, with the parts in the position shown, the gear turns as a whole, giving the direct drive. By sliding the parts 1, 5 to the right so that the sun-pinion is locked to teeth 7 upon the axle, a high-speed gear is obtained, the hub being driven through the pinions 3, internally-toothed ring 4, and the clutches 4A, 5<A>, the clutch 5<B> overrunning. To obtain the low speed, the sun-pinion and the sleeve are moved still farther to the right so that a smooth surface 5<0> comes under the clutch portion upon the ring 4, and then the hub is driven through the pinions 3, 3<A>, 2 and the sleeve 5. A spring 1<A> returns the parts to normal position. By providing a brake surface 4<B>, Fig. 2, upon the ring 4, a fourth speed may be furnished, this speed being given when the ring is held stationary and the parts are in the normal position as shown in Fig. 1. Instead of there being teeth 7, the sun pinion may be slid into a recess cut in an enlarged portion of the axle and so held stationary.
Patent GB-190602982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combing Machines.
Inventor: BIRCH ALBERT
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 2982. Birch, A. Feb. 7. Combing-machines.-The tubes or sleeves S freely mounted on the ends of the leather-covered detaching-roller C of a combing-machine are supported at their inner ends, in lieu of at their outer ends, by the usual metallic lifters N on the horizontal oscillating rod M. The lifters bear on the tubes between collars formed thereon at each end of the usual flattened side of the tube. The weighthooks also bear on the tubes between the collars. The bearings Q for the top plated roller G are set so that the ends of the roller are extended, thereby preventing lubricant from the bearings from passing into contact with the fibres being treated.
Patent GB-190604395-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ink Stand.
Inventor: AUPIAIS PIERRE-MARIE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 4395. Aupiais, P. M. F. Feb. 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Inkstands.-An inkstand comprises a top part having a reservoir a and pen-inlet b and a bottom part having a dipping-cup h, the top being rotatable on the bottom part so as to shut off the supply of ink from the reservoir to the dipping- cup. The parts fit a shell i in which is a slot j having an inlet k. A stud f on the top part is inserted through the inlet into the slot, and thus holds the parts together. An india-rubber ring c ensures a tight joint. In order to fill the stand, the part a, b is inverted, the reservoir filled with ink, and the other part then fitted so that there is no connexion between the reservoir and dipping- cup. Figs. 5 and 6 show the stand in its closed position.
Patent GB-190606370-A (GB)
Title: A Connection between Brush and Handle.
Inventor: MEMWARTH KARL
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 6370. Memwarth, K. March 16. Handles.-A handle b is fixed to the stock c of a scrubbing - brush, having opposed holes, by a connecting-member a. The connecting- piece consists of a conical hollow piece having a thread a<1> half-way up its outer circumference and an inner thread a<2> half-way down its inner circumference. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 9485, A.D. 1884, No. 12,500, A.D. 1885, No. 15,938, A.D. 1888, and No. 17,029, A.D. 1893, [all in Abridgment Class Brushing &c.], and No. 574, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190607699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Stuffing-box Glands for Valve Spindles, Slide Rods and the like.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 7699. Dewrance, J. March 30. Stuffing - boxes. - In a stuffing - box, which is primarily intended for a valve having a screwed spindle working through a bridge-piece, the gland d, Fig. 1, is adjusted by the nut b<1>, on the boss b<2>, of the bridge b, through the medium of a readily movable frame, shown also in plan in Fig. 5; and consisting of an open-ring part e<1> with two arms e, e<1>, acting on the gland. In a modification, arms e are pivoted to a closed ring e<1> and can be folded up to permit access to the gland.
Patent GB-190610121-A (GB)
Title: A New Automatic Window-catch (or Sash Fastener) Securer.
Inventor: PAGE JOHN HENRY CLIFF
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 10,121. Page, J. H. C. May 1. Sash fastenings.-The ordinary pivoted-arm sash fastening is automatically retained in the fastened position by means of a crescent-shaped hook e pivoted at f to the sash rail, for fastenings already in use, but pivoted to the plate d in new fastenings. To prevent rattling, the point of the hook may engage serrations h in the arm a.
Patent GB-190610136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Manufacturing Flour or Meal.
Inventor: ROBINSON CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 10,136. Robinson, C. J., and Backhouse, J. May 1. Processes for reduction of grain.-In order to prevent discoloration of the break-flour through agitation and attrition with the branny particles and broken grain, the product from the break-rolls a is passed direct into an air-current aspirator b, and the lighter particles of flour, dust, semolina, middlings, and clean bran separated are pissed on to a sieve c, whence bran is tailed off and the throughs treated on other sieves, reels, or purifiers d, e. The heavier particles passing through the aspirator are passed on to a sieve f, whenee the tails go to the next break-rolls and the throughs pass to a purifier direct; or they may first pass over another sieve g whence the tails and part of the throughs go to purifiers while another part of the throughs go to a centrifugal dresser or the like, which may be the dresser d. In a modification, part of the lighter particles removed by the aspirator and containing bran are passed on to a sieve whence bran is tailed off, while the other part not containing bran is passed direct to a dressing or grading reel. The sieves may be flat, horizontal, or inclined, or plansifters, or rotary reels as desired. The aspirator is preferably of the continuous-action type as described in Specification No. 8592, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.].
Patent GB-190624441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Controlling the Supply of Feed Water to Steam Generators.
Inventor: BEHRENS FRED
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 24,441. Behrens, F. Nov. 1. Feed-water, controlling; alarms, high and low water.-A valve in the feed-pipe, or in the pipe supplying steam to the feed-pump, is operated by the movements of a pressure diaphragm in a casing communicating with the steam and water spaces of the boiler. The height of the casing may be varied at will, and similar diaphragms are employed to signal high and low water levels. The main regulator 17, consisting of upper and lower shells 18 enclosing a diaphragm 25 provided with skeleton guards 26, is in communication with the boiler through pipes 13, 15, 19 and 14, 16, 20, swivelled together to permit cf the raising and lowering of the casing by means of a hand-lever 71. Bearing on the upper and lower sides of the diaphragm 25 are levers 30 connected, through a series of links, with each other and with the valve 12 in the steamsupply pipe 11. Similar regulators 40, 48 are placed at the maximum and minimum water levels to operate an alarm whistle 57 through levers 55, 56,64.
Patent GB-190626824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills
Inventor: GREENWOOD ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 26,824. Greenwood, A. Nov. 26. Rolling.-Wedges or tapered slips for use in shipbuilding &c. are rolled between concentric and eccentric rolls d, e, the operating-parts r, s of which, along with balancing-blocks v, are detachable as shown. The two parts of each roll are kept together by a nut n or p and also by bolts q if desired. The die r has one adjustable flange t. The entering guides x indicate the correct position of the work endways, and the plates w strip it from the rolls.
Patent GB-190705819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Game of Lawn Tennis and the like
Inventor: WHITE FLORENCE
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 5819. White, F. March 11. Ne t supports.- The net is fastened at one end to a pole e by a cord passing through holes q, and at the other to a similar pole provided with hooks. Each pole is surrounded by a casing a fitted with a door b. The pole e is rotated by turning a cap L by means of a handle M. Backward movement is arrested by a pin n, which is passed through a hole in the cap and also through one of a series of holes in a plate (not shown) at the top of the casing a. Each pole has a base g by which it is pegged to the ground. After use, the net is rolled up into the casing round the pole e, and the door b is locked.